NES – Ahlam (ACT Music, 2019) Ahlam (dream in Arabic) is the beautifully-sculpted new album by NES, a trio of virtuoso musicians based in the…
Sublimely Gracious NES
Tag: cello
Masterful String Intensity by Kittel & Co.
Kittel & Co. – Whorls (Compass Records, 2018) Whorls is the debut album of a superb string band led by fiddler Jeremy Kittel, who was…
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal Announce Fall 2017 West Coast Tour
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal will be touring the West coast of the United States this fall. Malian kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko and French cellist…
The Best of Cello Duo Tara Fuki
Tara Fuki – The Best of Tara Fuki (Indies Scope MAM562, 2015) This compilations contains material by European Czech duo Tara Fuki collected from earlier…
Exceptionally Vivid Flamenco Alchemy
Jerez Texas – Clar de lluna (Jerez Texas, 2017) Jerez Texas is a fascinating trio from Valencia (Spain) that has developed a unique combination of…
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal to perform at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro
Malian kora maestro Ballaké Sissoko and French cello virtuoso Vincent Segal are set to perform on Tuesday February 28 at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro,…
Artist Profiles: Beata Söderberg
Cellist and composer Beata Söderberg was born in 1976 in Linköping, Sweden. As a child, she learned piano from her mother and sang in a…
Artist Profiles: Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma was born to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age 4 and soon moved…
Artist Profiles: Abby Newton
American musician Abby Newton first brought her cello into the folk music scene in the mid 1970’s as a member of The Putnam County String…